- Collection:
- Great Speckled Bird
- Title:
- Tim Hayes oral history interview, 2017-01-26
- Creator:
- Hayes, Tim
- Contributor to Resource:
- Reisinger, Andrew
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2017-01-26
- Subject:
- Underground newspapers
Civil rights movement
Voting
Voter registration
Racism
Sexual ethics
African Americans
Bands (Music)
Black Panther Party
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
digital moving image formats - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mpeg
- Description:
- Tim Hayes was born February 16, 1950 in Atlanta, Ga. He became interested in civil rights movements at a very young age and become involved in various organizations, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Black Panther Party. After discovering that the Black Panther Party had been infiltrated by police, Hayes contacted people he had connections with who worked for The Great Speckled Bird. He later worked full-time for the Bird.
In this interview, Tim Hayes talks about his family and childhood. He also talks about the various radical organizations he was involved with including SNCC and The Black Panther Party. Hayes also talks about his experience working with revolutionaries around the world, including describing his experience in an Israeli prison. Later, he talks about his positive and negative experiences working for The Bird, including the racism he experienced from his colleagues. Hayes talks about leaving Atlanta for Philadelphia and discusses what his life is like now. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/GSB/id/10230
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Hayes, Tim, interviewed by Andrew Reisinger, January 26, 2017, Great Speckled Bird Oral History Project, Social Change Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 04:09:50
- Original Collection:
- Great Speckled Bird Collection
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
